# Amputations at U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation
> OSHA SIR `2017043013` · 4/3/2017 · SHELBY, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional
- **Source:** Person-injured or ill worker, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Firearm, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation
- **Location:** fairgrounds, SHELBY, MONTANA, 59474
- **NAICS:** 922120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching in front of his weapon during qualifications when the weapon discharged amputating the first digit of his left index finger.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*